Ezekiel chapter eight, sets forth four increasing abominations which represent the four generations of Laodicean Adventism. The rebellion of 1863, produced a counterfeit to the two tables of Habakkuk, just as Aaron had produced an counterfeit image of jealousy, with his golden calf at the very time God was delivering the two tables of the Ten Commandments to Moses. Once Laodicean Adventism had begun the work of removing the foundational truths, as represented in William Miller’s dream, the leadership of the first generation began to reject the authority of the Bible, and then the Spirit of Prophecy. The rebellion had grown to a point where Kellogg’s spiritualism (pantheism), arrived into their history just prior to 1888.
Exekees tshooj yim nthuav tawm plaub yam kev qias vuab tsuab uas nce zuj zus, uas sawv cev rau plaub tiam ntawm Laodicean Adventism. Kev ntxeev siab xyoo 1863 tau tsim ib yam cuav los hloov ob daim txiag ntawm Habakkuk, ib yam li Aloos tau tsim ib tug mlom cuav ntawm kev khib siab, nrog nws tus menyuam nyuj kub, rau lub sijhawm uas Vajtswv tab tom muab ob daim txiag ntawm Kaum Nqe Kevcai rau Mauxes. Thaum Laodicean Adventism twb pib txoj haujlwm tshem tawm tej qhov tseeb uas yog lub hauv paus lawm, raws li tau sawv cev hauv William Miller zaj npau suav, cov thawj coj ntawm thawj tiam tau pib tsis lees txais txoj cai muaj hwjchim ntawm Vajlugkub, thiab tom qab ntawd ces tsis lees txais Ntsuj Plig ntawm Kev Yaj Saub. Kev ntxeev siab ntawd tau loj hlob mus txog ib theem uas Kellogg txoj kev ntsuj plig dag ntxias (pantheism) tau los txog rau hauv lawv keeb kwm tsis ntev ua ntej xyoo 1888.
At the rebellion of 1888, the spiritualism represented by Ezekiel’s chambers of imagery reached a point where the messengers of Minneapolis, and the prophetess and even the Holy Spirit were rejected.
Thaum muaj kev tawm tsam xyoo 1888, txoj kev ntseeg dab qhuas uas tau sawv cev los ntawm Ezekiel tej chav uas muaj tej duab cim tau mus txog ib theem uas cov tub xa xov ntawm Minneapolis, thiab tus poj niam cev Vajtswv lus, thiab txawm yog tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv los kuj raug tsis lees txais.
“We have seen in our experience that when the Lord sends rays of light from the open door of the sanctuary to His people, Satan stirs up the minds of many. But the end is not yet. There will be those who will resist the light and crowd down those whom God has made His channels to communicate light. Spiritual things are not spiritually discerned. The watchmen have not kept pace with the opening providence of God, and the real heaven-sent message and messengers are scorned.
“Peb tau pom hauv peb tej kev paub tias thaum tus Tswv xa tej kab teeb ntawm qhov kaj los ntawm lub qhov rooj qhib ntawm lub tuam tsev dawb huv tuaj rau Nws haiv neeg, Xatas yuav ua kom coob leej lub siab ntxhov thiab sawv los tawm tsam. Tiamsis qhov kawg tseem tsis tau los txog. Yuav muaj cov uas yuav tawm tsam qhov kaj thiab yuav nias nqes cov uas Vajtswv tau tsa ua Nws tej txoj kev xa kom qhia qhov kaj. Tej yam ntsuj plig tsis raug txiav txim los ntawm txoj kev ntsuj plig. Cov neeg zov tsis tau taug raws li Vajtswv txoj kev qhib tshwm sim, thiab txoj xov thiab cov tub txib tiag tiag uas saum ntuj xa los raug saib tsis taus.
“There will go from this meeting men who claim to know the truth who are gathering about their souls the garments not woven in the loom of heaven. The spirit that they have received here will be carried with them. I tremble for the future of our cause. Those who do not in this place yield to the evidence God has given will war against their brethren whom God is using. They will make it very hard, when opportunities shall come where they can carry forward and onward the same kind of warfare they have hitherto engaged in. These men will have opportunities to be convinced that they have been warring against the Holy Spirit of God. Some will be convinced; others will hold firmly their own spirit. They will not die to self and let the Lord Jesus come into their hearts. They will be more and still more deceived until they cannot discern truth and righteousness. They will, under another spirit, seek to place upon the work a mold that God shall not approve; and they will endeavor to act out the attributes of Satan in assuming control of human minds and thus control the work and cause of God.
“Yuav muaj cov txiv neej tawm hauv lub rooj sib txoos no mus uas lees tias lawv paub qhov tseeb, tiamsis lawv tab tom khaws los qhwv lawv tej ntsuj plig nrog tej tsoos tsho uas tsis yog xaws los ntawm lub tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws saum ntuj ceeb tsheej. Tus ntsuj plig uas lawv tau txais ntawm no lawv yuav nqa nrog lawv mus. Kuv tshee hnyo rau yav tom ntej ntawm peb tes haujlwm. Cov uas nyob hauv qhov chaw no tsis kam txo hwj chim rau qhov pov thawj uas Vajtswv tau muab, lawv yuav tawm tsam lawv cov kwvtij uas Vajtswv tab tom siv. Lawv yuav ua kom nyuaj heev, thaum lub sijhawm los txog uas lawv muaj peevxwm txuas ntxiv mus thiab thawb mus tom ntej nrog tib yam kev tawm tsam uas lawv twb koom nrog los txog niaj hnub no. Cov txiv neej no yuav muaj sijhawm los raug ntxias kom lees paub tias lawv tau tawm tsam tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv ntawm Vajtswv. Qee leej yuav raug ntxias ntseeg; lwm tus yuav tuav rawv lawv tus ntsuj plig qub. Lawv yuav tsis tuag rau tus kheej thiab cia tus Tswv Yexus los nyob hauv lawv lub siab. Lawv yuav raug dag ntau dua thiab ntau dua ntxiv mus txog thaum lawv tsis muaj peevxwm paub qhov tseeb thiab txoj kev ncaj ncees. Lawv yuav, nyob hauv ib tug ntsuj plig txawv, nrhiav los muab ib daim qauv rau saum tes haujlwm uas Vajtswv yuav tsis pom zoo; thiab lawv yuav siv zog coj los ua tej cwj pwm ntawm Xatas hauv kev muab kev tswj hwm rau saum tib neeg lub siab thiab li ntawd thiaj tswj tau tes haujlwm thiab Vajtswv tes haujlwm.”
“Had our brethren fasted and prayed and humbled their hearts before God at this meeting, and sat down calmly to investigate the Scriptures together, then God would have been glorified. But the spirit of prejudice that was brought to that meeting closed the door to the richest blessing of God, and those who had this spirit will not be in a favorable position to see light until they repent before God and have some sense of how near they have come to doing despite to the Holy Spirit and having another spirit.” The 1888 Materials, 832.
“Yog peb cov kwv tij tau yoo mov thov Vajtswv thiab txo lawv lub siab rau ntawm Vajtswv hauv lub rooj sib tham no, thiab tau zaum nqes nyob tus yees los tshawb nrhiav Vaj Lug Kub ua ke, ces Vajtswv yuav tau txais koob meej. Tiamsis tus ntsuj plig ntawm kev xaiv ntsej muag uas raug coj los rau hauv lub rooj sib tham ntawd tau kaw lub qhov rooj rau txoj koob hmoov nplua nuj tshaj plaws ntawm Vajtswv, thiab cov uas muaj tus ntsuj plig no yuav tsis nyob hauv ib qho chaw zoo los pom qhov kaj mus txog thaum lawv hloov siab lees txim rau ntawm Vajtswv thiab muaj qee qhov kev paub tias lawv twb los ze npaum li cas rau kev saib tsis taus tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv thiab muaj dua lwm tus ntsuj plig.” The 1888 Materials, 832.
After 1888, Sister White “trembled for the future of” God’s church and work. She saw that the meeting would produce a continued spiritual warfare among the men that were leaders of Laodicean Adventism, and the controversy of “the daily,” is evidence that her predictions were fulfilled upon that very generation. A warfare was then carried on by men who did not “yield to the evidence God had given” to confirm the “heaven sent message and messengers,” and those men made war against “the Holy Spirit of God.” The second generation watched as the publishing house and sanitarium were burnt to the ground by the fires of God’s judgment.
Tom qab xyoo 1888, Muam White “ntshai tshee rau yav tom ntej ntawm” Vajtswv lub koom txoos thiab tes haujlwm. Nws pom tias lub rooj sib tham ntawd yuav ua rau muaj kev ua rog sab ntsuj plig txuas ntxiv mus nyob hauv cov txivneej uas yog cov thawj coj ntawm Laodicean Adventism, thiab qhov kev sib cav txog “the daily,” yog pov thawj tias nws tej lus twv tau muaj tiav los rau tiam neeg ntawd ntag. Thaum ntawd muaj ib qho kev ua rog raug coj los ntawm cov txivneej uas tsis “muab siab rau tej pov thawj uas Vajtswv tau muab” los lees paub “txoj xov thiab cov tub txib uas saum ntuj tau xa los,” thiab cov txivneej ntawd tau ua rog tawm tsam “Vajtswv tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv.” Tiam neeg thib ob tau ntsia ntsoov thaum lub tsev luam ntawv thiab lub tsev kho mob raug kub hnyiab tas nrho rau hauv cov hluav taws ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev txiav txim.
“Today I received a letter from Elder Daniells regarding the destruction of the Review office by fire. I feel very sad as I consider the great loss to the cause. I know that this must be a very trying time for the brethren in charge of the work and for the employees of the office. I am afflicted with all who are afflicted. But I was not surprised by the sad news, for in the visions of the night I have seen an angel standing with a sword as of fire stretched over Battle Creek. Once, in the daytime, while my pen was in my hand, I lost consciousness, and it seemed as if this sword of flame were turning first in one direction and then in another. Disaster seemed to follow disaster because God was dishonored by the devising of men to exalt and glorify themselves.
“Hnub no kuv tau txais ib tsab ntawv los ntawm Txwj Laug Daniells hais txog qhov chaw ua haujlwm ntawm Review raug hluav taws kub rhuav tshem. Kuv tu siab heev thaum kuv xav txog txoj kev poob loj rau txoj hauj lwm no. Kuv paub tias qhov no yuav tsum yog ib lub sijhawm nyuaj heev rau cov kwv tij uas saib xyuas txoj hauj lwm thiab rau cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv lub chaw ua haujlwm ntawd. Kuv raug kev txom nyem nrog txhua tus uas raug kev txom nyem. Tiamsis kuv tsis xav tsis thoob txog txoj xov xwm tu siab no, rau qhov hauv cov yog toog hmo ntuj kuv tau pom ib tug tim tswv sawv nrog ib rab ntaj zoo li hluav taws ncab nyob saum Battle Creek. Muaj ib zaug, thaum nruab hnub, thaum kuv cwj mem tseem nyob hauv kuv txhais tes, kuv plam kev nco qab, thiab zoo li rab ntaj hluav taws no tig xub mus rau ib seem, ces tig mus rau lwm seem. Kev puas tsuaj zoo li caum raws kev puas tsuaj, vim Vajtswv raug saib tsis taus los ntawm tib neeg tej kev npaj los txhawb thiab qhuas lawv tus kheej.”
“This morning I was drawn out in earnest prayer that the Lord would lead all who are connected with the Review and Herald office to make diligent search, that they may see wherein they have disregarded the many messages God has given.
“Tag kis no kuv raug nqus tawm mus hauv kev thov ntuj tiag tiag kom tus Tswv coj txhua tus uas muaj kev txuas nrog lub chaw haujlwm ntawm Review and Herald kom tshawb nrhiav kom mob siab, xwv kom lawv pom tias lawv tau tsis quav ntsej rau ntau zaj lus uas Vajtswv tau muab rau lawv nyob rau qhov twg.”
“Sometime ago the brethren at the Review office asked my counsel about the erection of another building. I then said that if those who were in favor of adding another building to the Review and Herald office had the future mapped out before them, if they could see what would be in Battle Creek, they would have no question about putting up another building there. God said: ‘My word has been despised; and I will turn and overturn.’
“Ib ntus tsis ntev los no cov kwvtij ntawm lub chaw ua hauj lwm Review tau thov kuv tej lus ntuas txog kev tsa dua ib lub tsev ntxiv. Thaum ntawd kuv tau hais tias yog cov uas pom zoo yuav ntxiv dua ib lub tsev rau ntawm lub chaw ua hauj lwm Review and Herald muaj daim duab yav tom ntej nthuav qhia nyob ntawm lawv xub ntiag, yog lawv pom tau yam uas yuav tshwm sim hauv Battle Creek, lawv yuav tsis muaj lus nug li txog kev tsa dua ib lub tsev nyob ntawd. Vajtswv tau hais tias: ‘Kuv tej lus twb raug saib tsis taus lawm; thiab Kuv yuav tig thiab ntxeev dua.’”
“At the General Conference, held in Battle Creek in 1901, the Lord gave His people evidence that He was calling for reformation. Minds were convicted, and hearts were touched; but thorough work was not done. If stubborn hearts had then broken in penitence before God, there would have been seen one of the greatest manifestations of the power of God that has ever been seen. But God was not honored. The testimonies of His Spirit were not heeded. Men did not separate from the practices that were in decided opposition to the principles of truth and righteousness, which should ever be maintained in the Lord’s work.
“Nyob rau hauv Lub Rooj Sab Laj General, uas tau muaj nyob hauv Battle Creek xyoo 1901, tus Tswv tau muab pov thawj rau Nws haiv neeg tias Nws tab tom hu kom muaj kev hloov kho dua tshiab. Lub siab ntsws raug txiav txim, thiab lub siab raug kov; tiam sis txoj hauj lwm kom tiav thiab tob kawg tsis tau ua. Yog hais tias lub siab tawv ncauj thaum ntawd tau tawg vim kev khuv xim txhaum rau ntawm Vajtswv xub ntiag, ces yuav tau pom ib qho ntawm cov kev tshwm sim loj tshaj plaws ntawm Vajtswv lub hwj chim uas tau muaj dua pom. Tiam sis Vajtswv tsis tau raug hwm. Cov lus tim khawv ntawm Nws tus Ntsuj Plig tsis tau raug mloog lus. Neeg tsis tau cais lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm tej kev coj uas tawm tsam ncaj qha rau tej hauv paus ntsiab lus ntawm qhov tseeb thiab kev ncaj ncees, uas yuav tsum ib txwm raug tuav cia hauv tus Tswv txoj hauj lwm.”
“The messages to the church of Ephesus and to the church in Sardis have been often repeated to me by the One who gives me instruction for His people. ‘Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; I know thy works, and the labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for My name’s sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.’ Revelation 2:1–5.
“Cov lus xa mus rau pawg ntseeg Efexaus thiab mus rau pawg ntseeg hauv Xates yeej tau rov hais rau kuv ntau zaus los ntawm Tus uas qhia kuv kom qhuab qhia rau Nws haiv neeg. ‘Sau rau tus tim tswv ntawm pawg ntseeg Efexaus tias; Tej no yog lo lus uas Tus uas tuav xya lub hnub qub hauv Nws sab tes xis, tus uas taug kev nyob hauv nruab nrab ntawm xya lub teeb kub hais; Kuv paub koj tej haujlwm, thiab koj txoj kev khwv, thiab koj txoj kev ua siab ntev, thiab tias koj tsis taus cov neeg phem; thiab koj twb sim cov uas hais tias lawv yog tubtxib, tiamsis tsis yog, thiab koj tau pom lawv yog neeg dag: thiab koj twb ris, thiab muaj kev ua siab ntev, thiab vim Kuv lub npe koj tau khwv, thiab tsis tau qaug zog. Txawm li ntawd los Kuv muaj ib yam tawm tsam koj, vim koj tau tso koj txoj kev hlub thaum chiv thawj tseg lawm. Yog li ntawd cia li nco ntsoov seb koj tau poob ntawm qhov twg los, thiab hloov siab lees txim, thiab ua thawj tej haujlwm; tsis li ntawd Kuv yuav los cuag koj sai sai, thiab yuav muab koj lub teeb txawb txav tawm ntawm nws qhov chaw, yog koj tsis hloov siab lees txim.’ Tshwmsim 2:1–5.”
“‘And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.’ Revelation 3:1–3.
“‘Thiab sau rau tus tim tswv ntawm pawg ntseeg hauv Xate; Tus uas tuav xya tug Ntsuj Plig ntawm Vajtswv, thiab xya lub hnub qub, hais li no; Kuv paub koj tej haujlwm, tias koj muaj ib lub npe hais tias koj ciaj sia, los koj twb tuag lawm. Ceev faj, thiab txhawb tej yam uas tseem tshuav, uas twb yuav tuag lawm: rau qhov kuv tsis tau pom koj tej haujlwm ua tiav txhij txhua nyob ntawm Vajtswv xub ntiag. Yog li ntawd, nco ntsoov seb koj tau txais thiab tau hnov li cas, thiab tuav rawv cia, thiab hloov siab lees txim. Yog li ntawd, yog koj tsis ceev faj, kuv yuav los saum koj ib yam li tub sab, thiab koj yuav tsis paub lub sijhawm twg uas kuv yuav los saum koj.’ Tshwmsim 3:1–3.
“We are seeing the fulfillment of these warnings. Never have scriptures been more strictly fulfilled than these have been.
“Peb tab tom pom qhov kev tiav ntawm tej lus ceeb toom no. Tsis tau muaj dua ib zaug uas Vajluskub tau raug ua kom tiav nruj me ntsis dua li tej no.”
“Men may erect the most carefully constructed, fireproof buildings, but one touch of God’s hand, one spark from heaven, will sweep away every refuge.
“Tibneeg tej zaum yuav tsa tau tej tsev uas ua kom ruaj khov tshaj plaws thiab tiv hluav taws tau zoo heev, los ib zaug kov ntawm Vajtswv txhais tes xwb, ib lub txim taws los saum ntuj xwb, yuav cheb mus ploj txhua qhov chaw nkaum.
“It has been asked if I have any advice to give. I have already given the advice that God has given me, hoping to prevent the falling of the fiery sword that was hanging over Battle Creek. Now that which I dreaded has come—the news of the burning of the Review and Herald building. When this news came, I felt no surprise, and I had no words to speak. What I have had to say from time to time in warnings has had no effect except to harden those who heard, and now I can only say: I am so sorry, so very sorry, that it was necessary for this stroke to come. Light enough has been given. If it were acted upon, further light would not be needed.” Testimonies, volume 8, 97–99.
“Nws twb nug seb kuv puas muaj ib lo lus ntuas dab tsi yuav muab. Kuv twb tau muab tej lus ntuas uas Vajtswv tau pub rau kuv lawm, vam tias yuav txwv tau rab ntaj kub nyhiab uas dai saum Battle Creek kom txhob poob los. Nimno yam uas kuv ntshai kawg nkaus twb los txog lawm—yog xov txog kev kub hnyiab ntawm lub tsev Review and Herald. Thaum xov no los txog, kuv tsis xav tsis thoob li, thiab kuv tsis muaj ib lo lus yuav hais. Tej uas kuv tau hais ib ntus dhau ib ntus ua lus ceeb toom yeej tsis muaj txiaj ntsig dab tsi li tsuas yog ua kom cov uas hnov ntawd tawv siab ntxiv xwb, thiab nimno kuv tsuas hais tau tias: Kuv tu siab heev, tu siab kawg li, tias yeej yuav tsum muaj qhov kev nplawm no los txog. Twb tau muab qhov kaj txaus lawm. Yog hais tias lawv ua raws li ntawd, ces yuav tsis tsim nyog yuav tsum muaj qhov kaj ntxiv lawm.” Testimonies, volume 8, 97–99.
The second generation of Adventism was not a victory, and in fulfillment of Ezekiel chapter eight, the rebellion only continued to escalate.
Tiam ob tiam thib ob ntawm cov Adventism tsis yog ib txoj kev yeej, thiab raws li kev ua tiav ntawm Exekees tshooj yim, txoj kev ntxeev siab tsuas yog tseem nce ntxiv mus xwb.
“By written messages and by fire the Lord has declared that he wants his people to move out of Battle Creek. May God help us to hear his voice. Does it mean nothing to us that our two great institutions in Battle Creek were swept away by fire? You may say, ‘But the new Sanitarium has many patients.’ Yes; but if there were many thousand patients there, this would be no argument in favor of our people building homes in Battle Creek, and settling there.
“Los ntawm tej lus sau thiab los ntawm hluav taws tus Tswv tau tshaj tawm tias nws xav kom nws haiv neeg tawm ntawm Battle Creek mus. Thov Vajtswv pab peb kom hnov nws lub suab. Puas yog qhov uas peb ob lub koom haum loj hauv Battle Creek raug hluav taws rhuav tshem tsis muaj nqis dabtsi rau peb li? Nej tej zaum yuav hais tias, ‘Tab sis lub Sanitarium tshiab muaj neeg mob coob heev.’ Muaj tseeb; tab sis txawm yog muaj ntau txhiab leej neeg mob nyob ntawd los, qhov no yeej tsis yog ib qho lus sib cav txhawb kom peb haiv neeg txhim tsev nyob hauv Battle Creek thiab mus tsaws nyob ntawd.”
“Temptations are increasing. Men are rejecting the light that God has sent in the Testimonies of his Spirit, and they are choosing their own devising and their own plans. Will men continue to separate themselves from God? Must he reveal his displeasure in a still more marked manner than he has already done?” Pamphlets, SpTB06, 45.
“Kev ntxias tab tom nce zuj zus. Tibneeg tab tom tsis lees txais txoj kev kaj uas Vajtswv tau xa los hauv cov Lus Tim Khawv ntawm nws tus Ntsuj Plig, thiab lawv tab tom xaiv lawv tus kheej tej kev xav thiab lawv tus kheej tej kev npaj. Puas yuav tibneeg tseem yuav cais lawv tus kheej tawm ntawm Vajtswv mus ntxiv? Puas yuav nws tsum tau qhia tawm nws txoj kev tsis txaus siab hauv ib yam uas pom tseeb dua li qhov uas nws twb tau ua lawm?” Pamphlets, SpTB06, 45.
Men were “choosing their own devising’s and their own plans,” as represented by the seventy elders in the chambers of imagery of Ezekiel chapter eight, who proclaimed, “The Lord seeth us not.” The Lord raised up a prophetess and gave her “open visions” for exactly forty years, until 1884. He placed his signature upon this gift, for He gave it and ended it in a city named Portland, and he gave it for forty years. Just prior to the cessation of “open visions” the ancient men began to undermine the authority of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy in 1881, and 1882. The “open visions,” then ended in 1884, and in four years the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram was repeated at the 1888 General Conference.
Tibneeg tab tom “xaiv lawv tej tswv yim uas lawv tus kheej tsim thiab lawv tej kev npaj uas yog lawv tus kheej li,” raws li tau sawv cev los ntawm xya caum leej txwj laus nyob rau hauv cov chav duab piv txwv ntawm Ezekiel tshooj yim, uas tau tshaj tawm hais tias, “Tus Tswv tsis pom peb.” Tus Tswv tau tsa ib tug pojniam cev Vajtswv lus sawv los thiab tau muab “kev ua yog toog pom qhib” rau nws tau raws nraim plaub caug xyoo, mus txog xyoo 1884. Nws tau muab nws lub cim kos npe tso rau saum txoj txiaj ntsim no, rau qhov Nws yog tus muab nws thiab xaus nws nyob rau hauv ib lub nroog hu ua Portland, thiab Nws tau muab nws rau plaub caug xyoo. Ua ntej me ntsis uas “kev ua yog toog pom qhib” xaus lawm, cov txivneej laus tau pib txo hwjchim ntawm phau Vajlugkub thiab Ntsuj Plig ntawm Kev Yaj Saub nyob rau xyoo 1881, thiab 1882. Yog li ntawd, “kev ua yog toog pom qhib” thiaj xaus rau xyoo 1884, thiab nyob hauv plaub xyoos, kev ntxeev siab ntawm Korah, Dathan thiab Abiram tau rov muaj dua ntawm General Conference xyoo 1888.
The rebellion of 1888, produced an escalation of rebellion that saw God’s direct intervention into the history of Laodicean Adventism as He burnt down the publishing work and the health work. Yet those direct judgments did not deter the rebellion that was under way. In 1919, a Bible Conference took place, where one of the primary rebels of the second generation, William Warren Prescott, the theologian trained in the universities of apostate Protestantism, was the primary leader of pushing the satanic view that claimed “the daily,” represented Christ’s sanctuary work gave a series of presentations.
Kev kev ntxeev siab ntawm xyoo 1888 tau tsim kom muaj kev nce ntxiv ntawm kev ntxeev siab uas pom Vajtswv txoj kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau hauv keeb kwm ntawm Laodicean Adventism thaum Nws hlawv txoj hauj lwm luam tawm thiab txoj hauj lwm kho mob kom puam tsuaj. Los txawm li ntawd los, cov kev txiav txim ncaj qha ntawd tsis tau txwv tau txoj kev ntxeev siab uas tab tom muaj mus. Xyoo 1919, muaj ib lub rooj sablaj Vajlugkub tshwm sim, qhov chaw uas ib tug ntawm cov thawj coj ntxeev siab tseem ceeb ntawm tiam ob, William Warren Prescott, tus kws txawj kev ntseeg uas tau kawm cob qhia hauv cov tsev kawm qib siab ntawm Protestantism uas twb poob kev ntseeg lawm, yog tus thawj coj tseem ceeb hauv kev thawb txoj kev xav uas yog ntawm Xatas, uas hais tias “the daily,” sawv cev rau Khetos txoj hauj lwm hauv lub tuam tsev dawb huv, thiab tau muab ib co kev nthuav qhia ua ntu zus.
History identified that at that Bible conference in 1919, Prescott presented a gospel that consisted of removing every tenet of the prophetic message of the Millerites. He even attempted to remove the twenty-three hundred days, but could not pull that off. Yet he presented a gospel that was fully void of the prophetic understandings of the Millerites. His gospel was rejected at the meeting, but still those blind leaders decided to take his series of presentations and construct them into a book titled, The Doctrine of Christ. That book became the symbol of the arrival of the third generation of Laodicean Adventism.
Keeb kwm tau qhia meej tias nyob rau hauv lub rooj sablaj Vajlugkub ntawd xyoo 1919, Prescott tau nthuav tawm ib txoj xov zoo uas muaj qhov tseem ceeb yog tshem tawm txhua nqe lus qhuab qhia ntawm txoj lus yaj saub uas cov Millerites tau tuav. Nws txawm sim tshem tawm ob txhiab peb puas hnub, los nws ua tsis tiav. Txawm li ntawd los, nws tau nthuav tawm ib txoj xov zoo uas raug rho tawm tag nrho ntawm cov kev nkag siab yaj saub uas cov Millerites muaj. Nws txoj xov zoo raug tsis lees txais ntawm lub rooj sib tham ntawd, los tseem cov thawj coj dig muag ntawd tau txiav txim siab coj nws cov lus nthuav tawm ua ib txheej thiab muab lawv teeb ua ib phau ntawv hu ua, The Doctrine of Christ. Phau ntawv ntawd tau los ua lub cim ntawm kev los txog ntawm tiam peb ntawm Laodicean Adventism.
The book represents another gospel than the Millerite gospel of Habakkuk chapter two, and Paul informs us another gospel is not a gospel at all.
Phau ntawv ntawd sawv cev rau ib txoj moo zoo txawv dua li txoj moo zoo Millerite ntawm Habakkuk tshooj ob, thiab Povlauj qhia rau peb tias ib txoj moo zoo txawv ntawd tsis yog txoj moo zoo kiag li.
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:6–9.
Kuv xav tsis thoob tias nej tig nraub qaum tawm ntawm tus uas tau hu nej los rau hauv txoj kev tshav ntuj ntawm Khetos sai ua luaj mus cuag dua lwm txoj moo zoo: uas tsis yog dua lwm txoj moo zoo li; tiam sis muaj qee leej ua rau nej ntxhov siab, thiab xav ntxeev txoj moo zoo ntawm Khetos kom qias. Tiamsis txawm yog peb, los yog ib tug tim tswv saum ntuj ceeb tsheej, qhia ib txoj moo zoo twg rau nej txawv ntawm qhov uas peb twb qhia rau nej lawm, cia nws raug foom tsis zoo. Raws li peb twb hais dhau los lawm, kuv kuj hais dua tam sim no tias, Yog muaj leejtwg qhia ib txoj moo zoo twg rau nej txawv ntawm qhov uas nej twb txais lawm, cia nws raug foom tsis zoo. Kalatias 1:6–9.
The third generation of Adventism is represented by Ezekiel’s third abomination where the women are weeping for Tammuz. Tammuz was a Mesopotamian deity associated with fertility and the cycles of vegetation. Tammuz was sometimes depicted as a shepherd or a young man, linked to the changing seasons and the growth of crops. Tammuz’s death and subsequent resurrection, was tied to the agricultural calendar. According to the mythology, Tammuz would die or disappear during the summer months, which was seen as a representation of the withering of vegetation in the hot, dry season. The weeping for Tammuz was a mourning ritual that involved lamenting the death or disappearance of Tammuz during the summer months, followed by rejoicing at his resurrection, which symbolized the renewal of vegetation and agricultural life.
Tiam thib peb ntawm Txoj Kev Ntseeg Adven no raug sawv cev los ntawm Exekees qhov kev qias vuab tsuab thib peb uas cov poj niam tab tom quaj ntsuag rau Tammuz. Tammuz yog ib tug vajtswv Mesopotamia uas muaj feem xyuam nrog kev muaj qoob muaj loo thiab cov voj voog ntawm nroj tsuag. Qee zaum Tammuz raug piav ua ib tug yug yaj los sis ib tug tub hluas, muaj kev sib txuas nrog kev hloov ntawm caij nyoog thiab kev loj hlob ntawm qoob loo. Tammuz txoj kev tuag thiab nws txoj kev sawv rov los tom qab ntawd, raug khi nrog daim ntawv caij nyoog ua liaj ua teb. Raws li zaj dab neeg dab qhuas ntawd, Tammuz yuav tuag los sis ploj mus thaum lub caij ntuj sov, uas raug pom tias yog ib qho sawv cev rau kev qhuav thiab nplooj zeeg ntawm nroj tsuag nyob rau lub caij kub thiab qhuav. Kev quaj ntsuag rau Tammuz yog ib txoj kab ke quaj ntsuag uas muaj kev quaj thiab kev nyiav txog Tammuz txoj kev tuag los sis kev ploj mus thaum lub caij ntuj sov, ces tom qab ntawd muaj kev zoo siab rau nws txoj kev sawv rov los, uas sawv cev rau kev rov tshiab ntawm nroj tsuag thiab txoj sia ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb.
Weeping for Tammuz represents a counterfeit latter rain message, which is what the gospel of W. W. Prescott represented. The removal of the prophetic foundation, which began in the rebellion of 1863, reached a point in 1919, that Laodicean Adventism allowed the false gospel to be established. That false gospel was based fully upon the methodology of apostate Protestantism. Its original architect was W. W. Prescott, and as with William Miller, both men’s gospel was based upon their foundational understanding of “the daily,” in the book of Daniel. Both gospels are represented in the passage of 2 Thessalonians where Miller first discovered that “the daily,” represented paganism. In the passage there is a class represented by Miller, who accept the truth presented by Paul, and another class who do not possess a love of the truth.
Kev quaj ntsuag rau Tammuz sawv cev rau ib zaj lus ntawm nag tom qab uas yog cuav, uas yog yam uas txoj moo zoo ntawm W. W. Prescott sawv cev. Kev tshem tawm lub hauv paus yaj saub, uas tau pib hauv txoj kev ntxeev siab xyoo 1863, tau mus txog ib theem hauv xyoo 1919 uas Laodicean Adventism tau cia txoj moo zoo cuav raug tsa kom ruaj khov. Txoj moo zoo cuav ntawd tau tsa tag nrho raws li txoj kev ua raws cai ntawm Protestantism uas twb poob kev ntseeg lawm. Tus thawj kws tsim qauv qub ntawm nws yog W. W. Prescott, thiab ib yam li William Miller, ob tug txiv neej txoj moo zoo ntawd puav leej tau tsim raws li lawv txoj kev to taub hauv paus txog “the daily,” hauv phau Daniel. Ob txoj moo zoo ntawd raug sawv cev hauv nqe ntawm 2 Thessalonians qhov chaw uas Miller xub pom tias “the daily,” sawv cev rau kev pe dab mlom. Hauv nqe ntawd muaj ib pab neeg sawv cev los ntawm Miller, uas lees txais qhov tseeb uas Povlauj nthuav tawm, thiab muaj dua ib pab neeg uas tsis muaj kev hlub rau qhov tseeb.
One class in the last days, represented by Miller, “recognize” and receive the latter rain, and another class, represented by Prescott, receive strong delusion. The strong delusion they receive is based upon a false gospel, that is no gospel at all, and it identifies a false message of the latter rain. Thus, the third abomination of Ezekiel is the women (churches of Laodicean Adventism), weeping for Tammuz. Their summertime tears (rain), are to produce the fruit of the harvest.
Ib pawg nyob rau hnub kawg, uas Miller sawv cev rau, “paub” thiab txais nag lig, hos ib pawg ntxiv, uas Prescott sawv cev rau, txais txoj kev dag ntxias uas muaj hwj chim loj. Txoj kev dag ntxias uas muaj hwj chim loj uas lawv txais ntawd yog tsa saum ib txoj moo zoo cuav, uas yeej tsis yog txoj moo zoo li, thiab nws qhia kom paub ib zaj lus cuav txog nag lig. Yog li ntawd, kev qias vuab tsuab thib peb hauv Ezekiel yog cov poj niam (cov pawg ntseeg ntawm Laodicean Adventism), quaj nyiav rau Tammuz. Lawv cov kua muag caij ntuj sov (nag), yog yuav tsim kom muaj cov txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntawm kev sau qoob.
The distinction between two types of latter rain message pervades the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy. The Bible repeatedly identifies that the rain is withheld from a disobedient people.
Qhov kev cais txawv ntawm ob hom xov ntawm nag lig nyob thoob plaws hauv Vajlugkub thiab Ntsuj Plig ntawm Kev Qhia Yaj Saub. Vajlugkub rov hais dua ntau zaus tias nag raug txwv cia ntawm ib haiv neeg uas tsis mloog lus.
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. Jeremiah 3:1–3.
Lawv hais tias, Yog ib tug txiv neej muab nws tus pojniam nrauj pov tseg, thiab nws ncaim ntawm nws mus ua lwm tus txiv neej tug, nws puas yuav rov qab mus cuag nws dua? Puas yog thaj av ntawd yuav tsis raug qias neeg heev? Tiamsis koj twb ua nkaujniag nrog ntau tus neeg hlub lawm; los koj tseem rov qab los cuag kuv, tus Tswv hais li no. Cia li tsa koj ob lub qhov muag ntsia mus rau tej chaw siab, thiab saib seb qhov twg yog qhov uas koj tsis tau pw nrog luag. Ntawm tej kev koj twb zaum tos lawv, ib yam li tus Arab nyob hauv tebchaws moj sab qhua; thiab koj twb ua kom thaj av qias neeg los ntawm koj tej kev ua nkaujniag thiab los ntawm koj txojkev phem. Yog li ntawd tej nag txawm raug txwv cia lawm, thiab tsis muaj nag lig li; thiab koj muaj lub hauv pliaj zoo li lub hauv pliaj ntawm ib tug pojniam deev luag, koj tsis kam txaj muag. Yelemis 3:1–3.
Laodicean Adventism began playing the harlot in 1863, and ever since then the showers have been withheld. They refuse to be ashamed of their rebellion, and that lack of humility produces a whore’s forehead, and the whore of Bible prophecy is the papacy. The third generation is where the final work of preparing to bow down to the whore of Rome’s mark is accomplished. The preparation for the fourth generation is accomplished in the third generation, by a counterfeit message of the latter rain. As with the rebellion of 1863, and the rebellion of 1888, the rebellion of 1919, are aligned with September 11, 2001, for when the buildings of New York City then came down the mighty angel of Revelation eighteen descended and the genuine latter rain began.
Kev Ntseeg Adventist Laodicea pib ua niam ntiav sab ntsuj plig hauv xyoo 1863, thiab txij thaum ntawd los nag tshauv twb raug txwv cia lawm. Lawv tsis kam txaj muag rau lawv txoj kev ntxeev siab, thiab qhov kev tsis muaj kev txo hwj chim ntawd tsim ib lub hauv pliaj ntawm tus niam ntiav; thiab tus niam ntiav hauv Vajlugkub txoj lus faj lem yog lub papacy. Tiam thib peb yog qhov chaw uas txoj hauj lwm kawg ntawm kev npaj los pe hawm lub cim ntawm tus niam ntiav hauv Loos raug ua kom tiav. Kev npaj rau tiam thib plaub raug ua kom tiav hauv tiam thib peb, los ntawm ib txoj xov cuav ntawm nag lig. Ib yam li txoj kev ntxeev siab xyoo 1863, thiab txoj kev ntxeev siab xyoo 1888, txoj kev ntxeev siab xyoo 1919 kuj raug teeb kom sib haum nrog Cuaj Hlis 11, 2001, rau qhov thaum ntawd tej tsev loj hauv New York City poob los tus tim tswv muaj hwj chim loj ntawm Tshwm Sim kaum yim tau nqes los, thiab nag lig uas muaj tseeb tau pib.
“The latter rain is to fall upon the people of God. A mighty angel is to come down from heaven, and the whole earth is to be lighted with his glory.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.
“Los nag tom qab yuav poob los saum Vajtswv haiv neeg. Ib tug tim tswv muaj hwj chim loj yuav nqes saum ntuj ceeb tsheej los, thiab tag nrho lub ntiajteb yuav ci ntsa iab nrog nws lub yeeb koob.” Review and Herald, April 21, 1891.
When the latter rain began the ancient men of Laodicean Adventism would not recognize it as the latter rain, for they had been indoctrinated by a false latter rain message, represented by Ezekiel as the women weeping for Tammuz, and in application as a message of peace and safety.
Thaum nag los yav tom qab pib los, cov txwj laus thaum ub ntawm Laodicean Adventism yuav tsis lees paub nws tias yog nag los yav tom qab, rau qhov lawv twb raug qhuab qhia nkag rau hauv ib txoj xov ntawm nag los yav tom qab cuav lawm, uas Ezekiel sawv cev los ntawm cov pojniam quaj ntsuag Tammuz, thiab hauv kev siv yog ib txoj xov ntawm kev thaj yeeb thiab kev ruaj ntseg.
“Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.
“Tsuas yog cov uas tab tom ua neej raws li txoj kev kaj uas lawv twb tau txais lawm xwb thiaj yuav tau txais txoj kev kaj ntau dua. Yog peb tsis niaj hnub loj hlob mus tom ntej hauv kev nthuav qhia cov kev tsim txiaj nquag ntawm tus Khetos tus yam ntxwv, peb yuav tsis paub txog tej kev tshwm sim ntawm tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv hauv nag tom qab. Tej zaum nws yuav tab tom poob saum tej siab nyob ib ncig ntawm peb, los peb yuav tsis pom nws los sis tsis txais nws li.” Testimonies to Ministers, 507.
It was impossible for the guardians of the people to recognize the arrival of the latter rain, for their false gospel of a false latter rain, denied the possibility of any manifestation of the power of God as had been in former ages.
Nws yog yam uas tsis tuaj yeem ua tau rau cov neeg zov saib ntawm haiv neeg kom paub txog txoj kev los txog ntawm nag xaus, rau qhov lawv txoj moo zoo cuav hais txog nag xaus cuav ntawd tsis lees paub tias yuav muaj ib yam kev tshwm sim twg ntawm Vajtswv lub hwj chim zoo li tau muaj nyob rau hauv tej tiam dhau los.
“There is to be in the churches a wonderful manifestation of the power of God, but it will not move upon those who have not humbled themselves before the Lord, and opened the door of the heart by confession and repentance. In the manifestation of that power which lightens the earth with the glory of God, they will see only something which in their blindness they think dangerous, something which will arouse their fears, and they will brace themselves to resist it. Because the Lord does not work according to their ideas and expectations, they will oppose the work. ‘Why,’ they say, ‘should not we know the Spirit of God, when we have been in the work so many years?’—Because they did not respond to the warnings, the entreaties of the messages of God, but persistently said, ‘I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing.’ Talent, long experience, will not make men channels of light, unless they place themselves under the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and are called, and chosen, and prepared by the endowment of the Holy Spirit. When men who handle sacred things will humble themselves under the mighty hand of God, the Lord will lift them up. He will make them men of discernment—men rich in the grace of his Spirit. Their strong, selfish traits of character, their stubbornness, will be seen in the light shining from the Light of the world. ‘I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.’ If you seek the Lord with all your heart, he will be found of you.” Review and Herald, December 23, 1890.
“Yuav muaj nyob hauv cov pawg ntseeg ib qho kev tshwm sim uas txaus kawg ntawm Vajtswv lub hwjchim, tiam sis nws yuav tsis txav los rau saum cov uas tsis tau txo lawv tus kheej rau ntawm tus Tswv xub ntiag, thiab tsis tau qhib lub qhov rooj ntawm lub siab los ntawm kev lees txim thiab kev hloov siab lees txim. Hauv qhov kev tshwm sim ntawm lub hwjchim ntawd uas ua kom lub ntiajteb ci ntsa iab nrog Vajtswv lub yeeb koob, lawv yuav pom tsuas yog ib yam dabtsi uas hauv lawv txojkev dig muag lawv xav tias txaus ntshai, ib yam dabtsi uas yuav ua rau lawv ntshai, thiab lawv yuav npaj lawv tus kheej los tawm tsam nws. Vim tus Tswv tsis ua haujlwm raws li lawv tej tswv yim thiab lawv tej kev cia siab, lawv yuav tawm tsam txoj haujlwm ntawd. ‘Vim li cas,’ lawv hais tias, ‘peb ho tsis tsim nyog paub Vajtswv tus Ntsuj Plig, thaum peb twb nyob hauv txoj haujlwm no tau ntau xyoo lawm?’—Vim lawv tsis teb rau tej lus ceeb toom, tej lus thov qhuab ntuas ntawm Vajtswv tej lus, tiam sis pheej hais tsis tseg tias, ‘Kuv nplua nuj, thiab muaj khoom ntau ntxiv, thiab tsis xav tau dabtsi li.’ Txojkev txawj ntse, thiab kev paub ntev, yuav tsis ua kom tibneeg dhau los ua cov kav dej xa txojkev kaj, yog lawv tsis muab lawv tus kheej tso rau hauv qab tej xoo ci ntsa iab ntawm Lub Hnub ntawm Kev Ncaj Ncees, thiab raug hu, raug xaiv, thiab raug npaj los ntawm qhov khoom plig pub ntawm tus Vaj Ntsuj Plig Dawb Huv. Thaum cov neeg uas tuav tej yam dawb huv txo lawv tus kheej rau hauv qab Vajtswv txhais tes uas muaj hwjchim loj, tus Tswv yuav tsa lawv sawv. Nws yuav ua kom lawv yog neeg muaj kev paub cais tau—neeg nplua nuj hauv txojkev tshav ntuj ntawm nws tus Ntsuj Plig. Lawv tej yam cwj pwm uas muaj zog, uas qia dub, lawv txojkev tawv ncauj, yuav raug pom nyob rau hauv txojkev kaj uas ci tawm ntawm Tus Kaj ntawm lub ntiajteb. ‘Kuv yuav tuaj cuag koj sai sai, thiab yuav tshem koj lub chaw teeb tawm ntawm nws qhov chaw, tsuas yog koj hloov siab lees txim.’ Yog nej nrhiav tus Tswv kawg nej lub siab, nws yuav pub nej nrhiav tau nws.” Review and Herald, December 23, 1890.
The elders of Ezekiel chapter eight, accepted a gospel of peace and safety in 1919, and when September 11, 2001 arrived the fruit of that escalating rebellion was manifested in their inability to recognize the arrival of the latter rain. In the history beginning at the time of the end in 1989, God repeated the Millerite movement to the very letter. Miller was a symbol of Elijah, and Elijah had straitly told Ahab that there would be no rain, except at the word of Elijah.
Cov thawjcoj txwj laus hauv Ezekiel tshooj yim, tau lees txais ib txoj moo zoo hais txog kev thaj yeeb thiab kev ruaj ntseg nyob rau xyoo 1919, thiab thaum lub Cuaj Hlis 11, 2001 los txog, cov txiv ntawm lawv txoj kev ntxeev siab uas pheej loj hlob zuj zus ntawd tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv lawv qhov tsis muaj peev xwm lees paub txog kev los txog ntawm nag tom qab. Hauv keeb kwm uas pib thaum lub sijhawm kawg nyob rau xyoo 1989, Vajtswv tau rov ua dua txoj kev txav ntawm cov Millerite raws nraim txhua tsab ntawv. Miller yog ib lub cim ntawm Elijah, thiab Elijah tau hais nruj nreem rau Ahab tias yuav tsis muaj nag li, tsuas yog raws li lo lus ntawm Elijah xwb.
We will continue our consideration of the third generation of Adventism in the next article.
Peb yuav txuas ntxiv peb txoj kev xav txog tiam thib peb ntawm Adventism hauv tsab xov xwm tom ntej.
“The class who do not feel grieved over their own spiritual declension, nor mourn over the sins of others, will be left without the seal of God. The Lord commissions His messengers, the men with slaughtering weapons in their hands: ‘Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.’
“Cov neeg uas tsis hnov tu siab rau lawv tus kheej txoj kev poob qis ntawm sab ntsuj plig, thiab tsis quaj ntsuag rau lwm tus tej kev txhaum, yuav raug tso tseg yam tsis muaj Vajtswv lub cim ntim. Tus Tswv txib Nws cov tub txib, yog cov txiv neej uas tuav tej cuab yeej tua neeg hauv lawv txhais tes: ‘Nej cia li mus raws nws hla thoob lub nroog, thiab tua: tsis txhob cia nej lub qhov muag tseg, thiab tsis txhob muaj kev khuv leej li: muab tua kom tu nrho cov laus thiab cov hluas, ob leeg ntxhais nkauj xwb, thiab cov me nyuam yaus, thiab cov poj niam: tiam sis tsis txhob txav ze rau ib tug neeg twg uas muaj lub cim rau saum nws; thiab pib ntawm Kuv lub chaw dawb huv. Ces lawv pib ntawm cov txwj laus uas nyob rau ntawm lub tsev ntawd xub ntiag.’”
“Here we see that the church—the Lord’s sanctuary—was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men, those to whom God had given great light and who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their trust. They had taken the position that we need not look for miracles and the marked manifestation of God’s power as in former days. Times have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say: The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus ‘Peace and safety’ is the cry from men who will never again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God’s people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children all perish together.
“Ntawm no peb pom tias pawg ntseeg—tus Tswv lub chaw dawb huv—yog thawj yam uas raug tus nplawm ntawm Vajtswv txoj kev chim. Cov txwj laus, cov uas Vajtswv tau pub qhov kaj loj rau thiab cov uas tau sawv los ua cov saib xyuas haiv neeg tej kev txaus siab ntawm sab ntsuj plig, tau ntxeev siab rau txoj kev ntseeg siab uas tau muab tso rau lawv. Lawv tau tuav txoj hauj lwm tias peb tsis tas yuav tos ntsoov tej txuj ci tseem ceeb thiab qhov tshwm sim pom tseeb ntawm Vajtswv lub hwj chim ib yam li yav tag los. Lub sijhawm tau hloov lawm. Cov lus no txhawb lawv txoj kev tsis ntseeg, thiab lawv hais tias: Tus Tswv yuav tsis ua qhov zoo, thiab Nws yuav tsis ua qhov phem. Nws muaj kev hlub tshua dhau lawm uas yuav los xyuas Nws haiv neeg nrog kev txiav txim. Yog li no ‘Kev thaj yeeb thiab kev nyab xeeb’ yog lub suab quaj ntawm cov neeg uas yuav tsis tsa lawv lub suab ib zaug ntxiv zoo li raj kom qhia Vajtswv haiv neeg lawv tej kev ua txhaum thiab qhia tsev neeg Yakhauj lawv tej kev txhaum. Cov dev ntsiag to no uas tsis kam tom yog cov uas yuav raug txoj kev pauj ncaj ncees ntawm Vajtswv uas raug ua txhaum. Cov txivneej, cov hluas nkauj, thiab cov me nyuam yaus txhua tus puav leej puam tsuaj ua ke.”
“The abominations for which the faithful ones were sighing and crying were all that could be discerned by finite eyes, but by far the worst sins, those which provoked the jealousy of the pure and holy God, were unrevealed. The great Searcher of hearts knoweth every sin committed in secret by the workers of iniquity. These persons come to feel secure in their deceptions and, because of His long-suffering, say that the Lord seeth not, and then act as though He had forsaken the earth. But He will detect their hypocrisy and will open before others those sins which they were so careful to hide.
“Cov kev qias neeg uas cov neeg ncaj ncees tau quaj ntsuag thiab quaj hu txog ntawd yog tsuas yog yam uas lub qhov muag txwv ciam thiaj pom tau xwb; tiamsis tej kev txhaum uas phem tshaj plaws, uas ua kom Vajtswv tus dawb huv thiab huv si txoj kev khib siab sawv los, yeej tsis tau raug muab nthuav tawm. Tus uas Tshawb Nrhiav lub siab loj kawg nkaus paub txhua txoj kev txhaum uas raug ua nyob hauv qhov chaw zais cia los ntawm cov uas ua phem. Cov neeg no pib xav tias lawv nyob nyab xeeb hauv lawv tej kev dag ntxias, thiab vim yog Nws txoj kev ua siab ntev ntev, lawv thiaj hais tias tus Tswv tsis pom li, ces txawm coj li yog Nws twb tso lub ntiajteb tseg lawm. Tiamsis Nws yuav nrhiav pom lawv txoj kev ua ntsej muag cuav thiab yuav qhib tawm ua ntej lwm tus pom tej kev txhaum uas lawv tau ua tib zoo zais cia heev.”
“No superiority of rank, dignity, or worldly wisdom, no position in sacred office, will preserve men from sacrificing principle when left to their own deceitful hearts. Those who have been regarded as worthy and righteous prove to be ring-leaders in apostasy and examples in indifference and in the abuse of God’s mercies. Their wicked course He will tolerate no longer, and in His wrath He deals with them without mercy.
“Tsis muaj ib txoj kev siab dua hauv qib, meej mom, lossis tej kev txawj ntse hauv ntiajteb, tsis muaj ib txoj hauj lwm hauv chaw ua dej num dawb huv, yuav cawm tau tibneeg kom txhob txi txoj ntsiab cai thaum raug tso cia rau lawv tus kheej tej siab dag ntxias. Cov uas tau raug suav hais tias tsim nyog thiab ncaj ncees, rov ua pov thawj tias yog cov coj thawj hauv kev thim txoj kev ntseeg thiab ua tus qauv hauv kev tsis quav ntsej thiab hauv kev siv Vajtswv tej kev hlub tshua yuam kev. Lawv txoj kev phem ntawd Nws yuav tsis kam thev ntxiv lawm, thiab hauv Nws txoj kev chim Nws ua rau lawv raug txim yam tsis muaj kev khuv leej.”
“It is with reluctance that the Lord withdraws His presence from those who have been blessed with great light and who have felt the power of the word in ministering to others. They were once His faithful servants, favored with His presence and guidance; but they departed from Him and led others into error, and therefore are brought under the divine displeasure.” Testimonies, volume 5, 211, 212.
“Tus Tswv tsuas yog thim Nws lub xub ntiag nrog kev tsis txaus siab xwb ntawm cov uas tau txais koob hmoov los ntawm txoj kev kaj loj thiab tau hnov lo lus muaj hwjchim thaum lawv ua dejnum pab lwm tus. Lawv ib zaug yeej yog Nws cov tub qhe ncaj ncees, tau txais koob haum ntawm Nws lub xub ntiag thiab Nws txoj kev coj; tiam sis lawv tau ncaim ntawm Nws mus thiab coj lwm tus poob rau hauv kev yuam kev, yog li ntawd lawv thiaj raug coj los nyob hauv qab txoj kev tsis txaus siab saum ntuj los.” Testimonies, volume 5, 211, 212.